OPEN DAYS
AUGUST OPEN DAY
Date
Sunday 23 August 2026
Gates Open from 11am. Last Entry at 4pm. Car Park closes at 5.15pm.
Cost
£12.00 per person when tickets are bought “In Advance” (before 10pm the previous evening) via Ticketsource.
£15.00 per person for tickets bought on the day, on the door.
Friends of Copped Hall, Children Under 18 and Carers are Free. Please bring your pre-paid tickets with you. Friends - Please bring your membership card with you.
Location
Mansion – Cellars, Stables, Ground and First Floor. Gardens – inc Site of Earlier Houses and Walled Garden. Access to Cellars and 1st Floor of the Mansion is currently via staircase only. Gardens are undulating/uneven lawn surfaces with some paths on a sloping site. The Walled Garden is also on a sloping site. Very limited access currently for wheelchair users.
Description
Welcome to the August Open Day, featuring our regular, popular Fun Dog Show. Visitors are able to explore both the 24 acres of Gardens and three floors of the Mansion, including the stables and cellars, at their leisure. There are no guided tours, but Room Stewards will be on hand to answer questions and there will be "10 minute Introductory Talks" video in the mansion.
Tea, coffee, home-made cakes and light lunches will be available.
Refreshments are NOT included as part of the entry fee.
The bar will be selling alcoholic drinks. Shaw's barbecue and the Pizza van will also be on site. An ice-cream van will be there for children of all ages. The Harlow Brass Band will be back by popular demand. There will be craft and charity stalls, exhibitions, home-made and home-grown produce for sale, and children’s entertainer Johnny Slap will be keeping everyone busy with slapstick comedy and various circus skills, and Strawberry Sue will also entertain the children. You will also be able to see the Chingford Morris Men performing traditional dances. The Trust shop will be open as well as the popular second-hand book stall. The Friends desk will be there to deal with any enquiries on the day.
The Walled Garden will be selling plants and produce – please bring your own bags.
See John Conyers and his family and friends, brought to you by the Royal Living History Group.
Enter your dog into our fun Dog Show £3 entry per class. Dogs are welcome in the grounds of Copped Hall, provided they are kept on a lead. Registered assistance dogs only are allowed in the Racquets Court, but dogs are not allowed in the Mansion.
In addition, access to the Walled Garden for those with mobility issues is now possible with our Golf Buggy, taking you from the Mansion to the Gardens and back again throughout the day.
Overall, a Grand Day out for everybody!
Event Queries?
Please contact the Box Office, Tel. No. 07749 397932
or email:
Buy Tickets
Tickets are available via Ticketsource.
https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/coppedhallevents
or by clicking the logo below. View the event, pay and print your tickets.
Both debit and credit cards may be used.
If you are having problems with buying tickets via Ticketsource, please contact our Box Office on 07749 397932. Alternatively you may email the Box Office on tickets&coppedhalltrust.org.uk
